Shannonwatch/PANA Protest Against the US Military Use of Shannon Airport
8-1-2012
PANA congratulates Michael D. Higgins on his election as President of Ireland
THE DRUMBEAT of WAR with IRAN
The EU/US/Israeli axis is planning to go to war with Iran, a war which
will be much worse that the Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan wars.
PANA intends to do all it can to stop the war.
Download: Attacks_in_Iran.pdf and What_War_With_Iran_Might_Look_Like.pdf
President Obama and US troops in Shannon Airport
Since 2001 the Peace & Neutrality Alliance in Ireland has campaigned against the use of Shannon Airport by US troops.
On the 23rd of May President Obama visited Ireland to thank the Irish government for the use of the airport despite the fact pols show that 58% of the Irish people do not support its use in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. PANA used the visit to highlight international support for our campaign. We are continuing to seek international solidarity and therefore are contacting your organisation to support us by adding your signature to this statement and emailing a copy to Ireland’s national TV station at: newsdesk@rte.ie
We support the Irish peace movement’s campaign to terminate the use of Shannon Airport by US troops on their way to and from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq:
American Friends Service Committee, USA
All India Peace & Solidarity Organisation, India
Angolan League for the Friendship of the Peoples, Angola
Association for the defense of Peace, Solidarity & Democracy, Iran
www.antiwar.com USA
Attac-France
Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Coalition
Bangladesh Peace Council
Baltimore-Washington Area Peace Council, USA
Belgrade Forum for a World of Equals, Serbia
British CND
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation, UK
Boundary Peace Initiative, Canada
Cedespaz, Spain
Cebrapaz, Brazil
Campagne tegen Wapenhandel, Holland
Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade, Canada
Congo Peace Committee, Congo
Cosi, Venezuala
CPPC, Portugal
Komitee fur Gründrechte und Demokratie, Germany
Finnish Peace Committee
CSO, Belgium
CND Cymru
Code Pink, USA
Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft, Germany
Danish Peace Council
eedye, Greece
Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA
Foreign Policy in Focus, USA
Footprints for Peace, global
Friedenswerkstatt mutlangen EV, Germany
Global Network against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
IALANA, Global
Intal, Belgium
ICC No to NATO No to War, Global
International Fellowship of Reconciliation-Austria
Japan Peace Committee
Just Foreign Policy, USA
Latin American Circle of International Studies
Marika Fusser Associates, global
Movpaz, Cuba
Mouvement de La Paix, France
Mompade, Mexico
Mouvement Cretien Pour La Paix-Bruxelles-Belgique
National Peace Council, Syria
Nepal Peace & Solidarity Council
Next Paragraph, Greece
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, USA
Oxford CND, UK
Ofog, Sweden
Parti de Gauche, France
Palestinian Committee for Peace & Solidarity, Palestine
Pax Christi USA
Peace Action, USA
Peace Congress, Canada
Peace Association of Turkey
Peace & Justice Resource Center, USA
Penarth Christian Network Against the Arms Trade, Wales
Scientists Initiative for Peace & Sustainability, global
Scottish CND
Senegal Peace Committee, Senegal
Stichting Verdesburo Eindhoven, Holland
Stop the War Coalition, UK
Sydney Peace Foundation, Australia
Swedish Peace Council
Transnational Institute, Amsterdam
United for Peace & Justice, USA
Union Pacifiste de France
Union of Friendship and Peace, Mongolia
Union Peridoldistas por la Paz, Dominican Republic
U.S. Citizens for Peace & Justice, Italy
US Peace Council, USA
US Labour for Friendship with Cuba, USA
Vrede, Belgium
Vietnam Peace Committee
WILPF, Norway
WILPF, France
Women in Black, France
World Peace Council
Contact the Peace & Neutrality Alliance at: info@pana.ie
Or write to:
Peace & Neutrality Alliance
Dalkey Business Centre
17 Castle Street
Dalkey
Co. Dublin
Ireland
The list of supporters will be updated every week and put on our website: www.pana.ie
To keep in touch with our campaign log on to the pana newsletter
The Peace & Neutrality Alliance was established to advocate an independent Irish foreign policy, maintain Irish neutrality and promote a transformed United Nations as the organisation through which Ireland should pursue its security concerns.
It is open to all groups and individuals that accept our objectives.
Subscribe to PANA news a free email bulletin that will keep you informed about our current campaigns.
Since 1996 PANA has campaigned against the integration of Ireland into the US/EU/NATO military structures, and in particular, the use of Shannon Airport by the US military on their way to and from their wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.
In 2009 Ed Horgan, International Secretary of PANA was granted a 10 year visa to visit the USA. In January 2010 it was revoked after Ed had received an invitation to speak at a conference in Duke University, North Carolina on torture and extradition. After intensive lobbying Ed was granted a 3 month visa to attend the conference. This was a victory for the Irish and US peace movements. It was a defeat of those in favour of war and who seek to destroy free speech.
(Powerpoint presentation of Ed's address to the conference).
Part of that campaign is to for the first time actively seek to increase our individual membership. Please download this membership form, print out a few and distribute to your friends. These horrific wars will continue and the use of Shannon Airport in them will continue forever unless there are people willing to join PANA and/or other peace groups in large enough numbers to end them. Its up to you.
New posters available, click on the image above.
* EU IN CRISIS
Video of Roger Cole from EU in Crisis Conference
Two papers from the EU in Crisis Conference
- Should Ireland stay in the Euro (PDF) by Frank Keoghan,
General President of TEEU
and
- Europe's Imperial or Democratic Future (PDF) by Roger Cole,
Chair of the Peace & Neutrality Alliance
CONFERENCE POSTER:
The EU in Crisis
- Prospects for Regaining Ireland's Sovereignty
Friday 7th - Saturday 8th October 2011
Ireland Institute, Pearse Centre, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
This Conference was organised by
Feachtas-Campaign for a Social Europe, the People’s Movement and the Peace & Neutrality Alliance
Download the conference poster
* EVENTS
Shannonwatch holds a regular vigil on the 2nd Sunday of every month
from 2-3pm at the Shannon Airport Roundabout.
Contact Tel: +353 878225087
* PANA AGM
The AGM of the Peace & Neutrality Alliance was held on Saturday, December 4 in the Ireland Institute, 27 Pearse Street, Dublin 2.
Here is the text of two of the speeches from the AGM:
1. Building the New Republic by Roger Cole, Chair of the Peace & Neutrality Alliance
2. Scrap Trident by Alan Mackinnon, Chair of Scottish CND
* POLICY DOCUMENTS by PANA National Executive
NO to War NATO and the Lisbon Treaty
(September 2009)
Irish Independence or European Superstate
A European Battle
fought on Irish soil (February 2008)
By Carol Fox, Research Officer of PANA
The EU BATTLE GROUPS: Regiments of the Empire
by Roger Cole (updated May 2006)
The EU Constitution - Policy document by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance (November 2004).
* ARTICLES, DOCUMENTS, LINKS, ...
EDA Chief: Space Technologies Key for ISR
By Julian Hale
"The EU military-industrial complex: Sources, Actors, Outcomes"
Iraklis Oikonomou Conference notes & Powerpoint presentation
SPACE
The High Ground of the European Union’s Emerging Military Policies (PDF)
by Frank Slijper
Report on The Economic Crisis & EU Military Expenditure (pdf)
From the European Parliment website
NATO's Agenda for Libya
Qaddafi, From Beginning to End
by VIJAY PRASHAD, published in CounterPunch.org
Two articles by Jean Bricmont, author of Humanitarian Imperialism
Responsibility to Protect?
in Monthly Review
Libya and the Return of Humanitarian Imperialism
in CounterPunch.org
2011-05-27: Mission Accomplished: Obama Visit Quashes Cancellation of Military Stopover in Ireland
In the wake of Obama's visit, the Irish government has abandoned its plans to discontinue U.S military stopovers in Shannon airport.
Read more here.
Declaration of Thingamajig
Obama and his linguistic wars
- Mark Fiore, political cartoons
Irish National Democracy V Imperialism (PDF)
Speech by Roger Cole, Chair of the Peace & Neutrality Alliance at the Eirigi Saoire Eire Conference 7/5/2011
The Peace Movement vs. EU and NATO
Speech of the Executive Secretary WPC Iraklis Tsavdaridis at the public meeting organized in Dublin by the Peace and Neutrality Alliance (PANA) of Ireland on 24th March 2011
Reality Radio: Ireland's New Politics
As Ireland undergoes a major political shift, Kate Hudson interviews Roger Cole from the Irish Peace and Neutrality Alliance about what the post-election changes mean, including the impending end to US military flights via Shannon airport.
Download podcast here: http://realityradio.org.uk/ireland-s-new-politics
Europe, NATO and the Future awaiting (PDF)
by Michael Youlton
Executive Member
Peace & Neutrality Alliance
Has the US given up on a nuclear-free world?
- Kate Hudson, General Secretary of CND
Published on guardian.co.uk, Saturday 5 February 2011
LISBON NATO Counter Summit November 2010 by Michael Youlton
An information article about the Lisbon Counter-Summit and a preliminary analysis of the new NATO Strategy document discussed and agreed in Lisbon.
Lisbon-activities_and_strategy_document.pdf
Articles by Rae Street - CND UK
- 'NO TO NATO' Notes From The International Counter Summit in Lisbon - December 2010
-
NATO and the Military Industrial Complex - November 2010
-
NO TO NATO - article for Scottish CND - September 2009
Rae has been involved in anti-nuclear, anti-militarism and peace campaigning for more than three decades. She is a long time activist in CND UK (Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament), whose ‘logo’ is recognised as a peace symbol throughout the world. In her campaigning work she has been particularly concerned to build up links with international campaigners and nuclear resisters, both in Europe and the United States. One of the main issues she has written and spoken about has been the dangerous expansion of NATO and the rise of militarism within the European Union.
The Irish Media
Since 1996 PANA has opposed the Irish political/media elite's decision to integrate Ireland into the EU/US/NATO military structures. PANA has always found it very difficult to get any coverage in the media. This lack of willingness to give PANA any coverage was very obvious especially during the 2nd referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, the key purpose of which was to accelerate the militarisation of the EU and to make the links between the nuclear armed military alliance NATO and the EU even stronger. The analysis below by Stephen Booth of Open Europe on the concerted effort to influence Irish journalists goes a long way to explain the reasons why. This exclusion of PANA by the corporate media has continued most recently with their decision to give the PANA conference on an Independent Foreign Policy no coverage.
"Selling the Lisbon Treaty, especially to Irish journalists – At least €351,765 was spent on Irish journalists and Lisbon related seminars in the run up to the referendum. There was clearly a concerted effort to reach all Irish media before the referendum, which makes a mockery of the Commission’s claim that it would not interfere in what was a national referendum. E.g.:
DUBLIN-SEMINAR FOR STUDENT JOURNALISTS 14-16/10/2009-EUROPEAN JOURNALISM CENTRE - €17,604.21
DUBLIN - TRAINING SEMINAR FOR YOUNG JOURNALISTS - EUROPEAN JOURNALISM CENTRE - €17,660.17
DUBLIN - TRAINING SEMINAR REGIONAL JOURNLISTS JULY 2009 – EJC - €18,699.63
DUBLIN-TRAINING SEMINAR FOR REGIONAL MEDIA 2009 -EUROPEAN JOURNALISM CENTRE - €18,699.63
DUBLIN-TRAINING SEMINAR FOR AV JOURNALISTS MAY 2009 - EUROPEAN JOURNALISM CENTRE - €25,815.07
DUBLIN - VISIT OF JOURNALIST STUDENTS TO BRUSSELS 14-16/10/2009 - AMEX €12,000.00
DUBLIN-VISIT OF AGRI/RURAL AFFAI RS JOURNALISTS TO BRUSSELS 23-25/02/2010 - AMEX €10,539.00
DUBLIN - VISIT OF IRISH CRIME JOURNALISTS TO HAGUE 26-27 AUGUST 2009 - AMEX €10,500.00
DUBLIN-VISIT OF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENTS TO BRUSSELS 05-07/05/2010 - AMEX €9,658.25
DUBLIN - VISIT OF AUDIOVISUAL JOURNALISTS TO BRUSSELS - AMEX €8,877.75
DUBLIN - VISIT OF REGIONAL JOURNALISTS TO BRUSSELS 1-3 JULY 2009 - AMEX €7,812.66
IRISH JOURNALISTS POST-ELECTION VISIT TO BRUSSELS 24-26/06/2009 €4,318.83"
Download the Excel spreadsheet here: EU_budget_2009_and_journalism.xls
Irish Foreign Affairs
- Volume 4, Number 1: April 2011 - download PDF
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- Volume 3, Number 4: December 2010 - download PDF
- Volume 3, Number 3: August 2010 - download PDF
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- Volume 3, Number 1: January 2010 - download PDF
- Volume 2, Number 3: July-September 2009 - download PDF
- Volume 2, Number 1 and 2: January-June 2009 - download PDF
- Volume 1, Number 2: July - September 2008 - download PDF
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